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I guess it depends on what you mean by less capable. I've had great managers that had pretty negligible technical skills but they were able to provide me with g
by derektank 2y ago
I guess it depends on what you mean by less capable. I've had great managers that had pretty negligible technical skills but they were able to provide me with good direction and made sure that I wasn't wasting my time on work that didn't matter. And on the flip side I've had bosses that were way better at my job than I was but they were not at all fun to work for, for a variety of reasons.
- whstl 2y agoSame. Some of my best managers weren't really as technical as I was, or were experts in completely different domains. The job of a manager isn't being a "better developer", it's to remove blockers and isolate reports from annoyances, so that they can do their best work.